With the Independent and the Mail concluding this is the end for New Labour,there is intense speculation about a leadership bid.
The front page of the Times says
Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, was being earmarked by senior backbenchers as the figure to tell Mr Brown that they had lost confidence in him and that he should step aside unless there was a swift improvement in Labour’s fortunesadding
Cabinet sources said that a majority of ministers now doubted whether Labour could turn around its current deficit with Mr Brown in charge. Senior ministers were among those who told The Times privately that the party could not do nothing if it seemed to be heading towards certain defeat.
Meanwhile the Guardian says
Gordon Brown is losing the confidence of his cabinet as an increasing number of ministers voice the fear that Labour cannot win the general election under the prime minister's leadership, authoritative sources told the Guardian yesterday.......Gordon Brown is losing the confidence of his cabinet as an increasing number of ministers voice the fear that Labour cannot win the general election under the prime minister's leadership, authoritative sources told the Guardian yesterday.
The Independent holds out some hope for the party
The pivotal question for the Government is whether there is any way back. Can it rebuild an election-winning coalition of support? For Labour MPs in marginal seats the question is more tantalising because there is still two years before a general election must be called. There is time. When there is time there is hope.
and the Sun's leader says
GORDON Brown is under no illusions today.
He knows the scale of the mountain he must climb to save Labour’s fortunes.
The hard-working people of Crewe and Nantwich left him in no doubt.
The rising cost of living and the influx of immigrants have left them dismayed.
But they not only turned their backs on Labour.
They actually ticked the Tory box for the first time in a generation.
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